Prions

The New Biology of Proteins

von Claudio Soto

192 Seiten, Hardcover

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

This volume offers a well-organized overview of prion-related diseases. It reviews the symptoms, epidemiology, and neuropathology of the disease, and focuses on the idea that TSEs result from a novel mechanism involving transmission by replication of the misfolding of a single protein. The author, a renowned innovator in the area of neurodegenerative diseases, examines the structure, conversion, and mechanism of prion propagation and details its cellular biology. He also looks at other diseases that display folding aberrations, considers how common such aberrations are, and speculates on the impact of prions on broader areas of biology, public health, and biotechnological strategies.

• Themen: Medizin Klinische und Innere Medizin Krankheiten und Störungen Infektiöse und ansteckende Krankheiten
• ISBN: 9780849314421
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 20.12.2005
• Größe: 235 x 157 mm
• Verlag: CRC Press